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New upgrade to i5-8400

Hey guys, I'm planning on upgrading to a better processor and I thought that I could get some advice and opinions on here. I'm going to use it for games like PUBG, CS, Battlefield etc. and also stream music and videos in 1920 x 1080 resolution. Will probably also use it for school projects and stuff like that. I'm not planning on overclocking.

I feel like my current processor is bottlenecking my setup a bit and I thought I'd upgrade to 8th gen, which I hope will last for maybe 7 years or more. However after this upgrade the processor will probably be bottlenecked by the GPU so I might upgrade that as well in the future. Do you guys think that I will get a noticeable performance boost by this upgrade? Does it look good in a long-term perspective?

Thanks for the feedback! I've been looking through some AMD stuff and I'm considering an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (or 1600x) 3.2 GHz 19MB with an ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS motherboard. The Ryzen costs 263 $ and the i5 8400 costs 233 $ where I live but the i5 has better effective speed according to http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-8400-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600/3939vs3919. The AMD MBO is cheaper though so I guess it compensates for the extra cost of the processor. What are your thoughts?

Also, is AMD really good in the long run? I mean aren't they gonna change the socket for the newer processors (in a few years) by the time I decide to upgrade my rig again?

I would get the Ryzen 5 1600 as ignore the X, the X has nothing to do with olverclocking as all ryzen processors can be overclocked.

As for performance while it is true the i5 will perform better in games the R5 1600 is more rounded for other tasks (its very good value for dollar as a streaming media proI

Thanks for your response, I'll go with the 1600 then Should I consider getting a GTX 1060 6 GB or 1070? Or can I keep up for a while with the 760 I have? It's a bit expensive to get a new GPU right away at the moment since this CPU, MBO and RAM upgrade is up at about 610 $. I found the 16 GB RAM I was looking for at about 60 $ less though which puts me at 550 $.

Well if you have a 760 i would use that for now, GPU prices are indeed rather high and even though you will still need to get a new GPU eventually the 760 you have now is still decent enough to play games.

I would stick with GTX760 until GPU prices calm down. Currently there are really no good video card deals because prices are high.

AM4 will receive at least "small" upgrade quite soon (Ryzen Refresh) and early next year should come Ryzen 2, that may be somewhat worthwhile upgrade. It's guess that Ryzen 3 will support AM4 but it will get some more features with AM4+ (PCI Express 4.0?, DDR5??)